Len Peterson

Leonard Byron Peterson (15 March 1917 – 28 February 2008) was a Canadian playwright, screenwriter and novelist. His career started in 1939 when he sold a script to the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. He has written more than a thousand different dramatic works for stage, screen, television, and radio.

One of his earliest successes was the radio play They're All Afraid (1944), which was written for the CBC program Stage '44. The play received much criticism for depicting life in Canada negatively at a time when it was thought that boosting wartime morale was more appropriate. They're All Afraid went on to win the award for best drama in a broadcasting festival in Ohio. It was later adapted by Peterson for the stage.[1]

Plays

• Burlap Bags (1960)
• The Great Hunger (1960)
• Look Ahead! (1962)
• All About Us (1963)
• Almighty Voice (1970)
• Women In The Attic (1971)
• The Workingman (1972)
• Let's Make a World (1973)
• Billy Bishop and The Red Baron (1975)
• Your World on a Plastic Platter (1976)
• Etienne Brule (1977)
• They're All Afraid (1980)
• Eye of the Storm (1985)

Novels

• Chipmunk (1949)

Screenplays

• It's Fun to Sing (1948)
• Passport to Canada (1949)
• Iron from the North (1955)

TV shows

• Folio
• General Motors Presents
• Camera Canada

Radio Shows

• Stage '44 (1943)
• Nightfall (1981)

References

1. Peterson, Leonard (1981). They're All Afraid. The Book Society of Canada Limited. ISBN 0-7725-5032-8. Pg.xiv.

External links

• Len Peterson entry in The Canadian Encyclopedia
• Len Peterson entry in The Canadian Theatre Encyclopedia